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"ARE YOU READY?" "NOOOO!" Dr. Anita Auerbach

Richard Thompson: The art of being a smart, humane artist in a vitriolic, wired world By Michael Cavna Washington Post Comic Riffs August 29

Richard's old friend Bruce Guthrie photographed the service and the 'mingling' before and afterwards. See the pictures at

Cartoonist Richard Thompson Made Us Laugh by Gail Rubin A Good Goodbye blog August 26th, you read that – The service for Richard Thompson will be held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, this Saturday, August 27th…

RICHARD THOMPSON MEMORIAL SERVICE A service for Richard will be held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, this Saturday, August 27th at 1pm. IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC from 1pm until 2:30 pm, after which there…

Betty by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen August 20, (thanks to Carol Tilley for pointing it out)

For Richard Anne & God webcomic (08/16/2016)

Somehow we missed the announcement by Richard's best friend to his colleagues at the National Cartoonists Society: Richard Thompson 1957-2016 – Nick Galifianakis July 27th,

Andrews McMeel has put Pat Oliphant's introductory comic strip from the 2004 collection of Richard's Poor Almanac online. Oliphant compared Richard to Michelangelo which probably made him squirm, but grin. His next book was blurbed by Bill Watterson, which shocked…

"Scratchy sketchbook drawings, doodlings, exquisite caricatures and humorous paintings": Reviewing Richard Thompson's last books by John A. Lent, publisher and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Comic Art.International Journal of Comic Art blog August 10, This review will appear…